Postlaminectomy cervical spinal cord compression demonstrated by dynamic magnetic resonance imaging: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 155-157

  Morimoto, Tetsuya ^a   Ohtsuka, Hiroyuki ^a   Sakaki, Toshisuke ^a   Kawaguchi, Masahiko ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Postlaminectomy scar formation dynamic magnetic resonance imaging; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

EID: 0031976008     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1998.88.1.0155     Document Type: Article

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